| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 17 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | Newport County | 16 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Northampton Town | 17 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 15 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Reading | 15 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 9 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 10 | Bradford City | 18 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 11 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 12 | Barnsley | 18 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Exeter City | 16 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Swansea City | 19 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Cambridge United | 18 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Brentford | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 18 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | ||||
| 19 | Hartlepool | 14 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 20 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | ||||
| 21 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | ||||
| 22 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 24 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||